I have seen her here many times over the last six months. She walks into the dojo wearing the same outfit every time, a cute cropped T, some baggy sweats and running shoes. Her hair is always up in a pony tail and she has these lips like I've never seen before. She is way out of my league, so I pay her no attention although I sometimes see her glancing at me during our ten minute stretches. But I never think anything of it, she has never approached me or made any effort to talk to me. I assume she is one of those stuck up rich girls, that daddy has forced into taking some self defense to make him feel better as she walks around Hunts Point neighborhood sticking out like a sore thumb. A girl like that would never fit in here, although, I wonder how she got herself in this scummy part of the city in the first place. She must have some street smarts underneath all of those superficial good looks, to have survived this long. I guess I will never know, she will always be the girl I watch from a distance, never taking the opportunity to ask her "Hey what are you all about?". Like I said she is way out of my league.

"Hhhhai!" Master yells as he punches forward in quick strikes moving through some combinations. We all follow suit.
"Hhhhai!" We yell in unison completing our strikes.
Master puts a hand a to fist in front of us, we all do the same.
"Ok everyone! We are going to practice some self defense. I would really like to work on this over the next week, I'm not sure if you heard about one of our students. She was attacked recently by some men down by the waterfront, and thank god for her training she was able to get away with only minor injuries. We will be working on taking down an opponent larger than yourself. Ethan, since you are the bigger man here you will be the "predator" so to speak." He smiles at me.

"Alright." I say reluctantly. Little did they know that I was some sort of predator, a man of bad deeds preying on the addicted and feeding them to their drug of choice, I am sinful, and soulless. I guess this suits me.

"Ok, Ethan get into position over here." He points to where he is standing in the middle of the room as my line up of prey awaits. I walk over and bow at everyone in respect, which I don't really have any.

"We will start with ...Katy!" He waves his hand at the very girl I have been trying to avoid. She smiles at him then at me, with those lush lips of hers. I tense up at the thought of touching her beautiful body, I start to picture her under me, begging for me, I have an overpowering will to dominate her as she smiles so innocently. She looks so pure, so untainted, I want to rip that from her and sink my teeth into it. Even her name leaves your mouth unstained. The more I think about her, the hungrier I am for her...damn I need to get laid. She's in front of me now fists raised ready to take me on.

"Ethen I want you to pretend to capture Katy. You will grab her and force her to come with you." He moves his arms around himself demonstrating. " And Katy you will use whatever you know to get free."

She looks at me a little nervous as she bites her plump lower lip, squeezing it between her teeth as it slowly slips out and back to normal, I shudder.

"Are you ready?" She asks me in the most seductive voice I've ever heard, it was smooth and sweet with a breathy whisper.
I nod and get ready.

" Hai!" Sensei yells.

I move forward reaching out to grab her with both arms, she pulls back and I grab the first thing I can. I have her one wrist and move in for her waist. She twists her wrist upwards and takes a step back as she dodges my other hand. She snaps the wrist I'm holding downwards, breaking my grasp. I come at her again grabbing with both arms and she ducks low, dodging me, then crouches swiping her leg across mine. Her leg trips me as I am moving forward and I fall to the ground landing on my forearms. She moves so quickly, I wasn't expecting that, she was far better than I thought. But I have never seen her defend herself before, she had always come in early and left before grappling began.

"Well done Katy! You're quick. That was a great move tripping him, you would be able to get away and call for help with no problem. Well done!" He claps and everyone else does. I rise to my knees, only to see those lips again at eye level.
"Here." She says holding a hand out to me. I take it politely, although I wished to just swat it away and tell her to fuck off. I don't need any nice gestures from her, the only thing I want from her is to get out of my face, so I can stop thinking about her. I stand and readjust my shirt.

"Are you ok?" She asks.

"Yeah...I'm fine!" I say scowling at her.

She looks away tucking a loose strand of hair behind her ear and I see her cheeks pink up. Why is she so embarrassed? If anything I should be embarrassed, although I care less. Yet she angers me for some reason, getting under my skin. Maybe it was because she walks such a heavenly path, where as I, well I walk with the cursed and the dead just waiting for my turn to plummet into hell. I hate her, but I hate myself even more. I turn away from her and get back into position.

"Next opponent." Master points at a taller man who I've grappled with before. He's not very good and I'm really not interested in putting my hands on anyone any longer. But I do as master says and politely go through the rest of the class.